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Original Programming
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ABC to air primetime special as Mickey Mouse turns 90
Disney is launching worldwide celebrations honouring 90 years of its ambassador, Mickey Mouse, including a…
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Netflix orders talk show from Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj
Netflix is bringing in yet another talk show, this time with The Daily Show’s Hasan…
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Oath distanced from Morning Breath after Instagram star’s tweets
Verizon’s Oath has cancelled The Morning Breath, a celebrity talk show aimed at millennials, after…
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BBCWW takes Dancing with the Stars to Spain
BBC Worldwide (BBWW) has taken its Dancing with the Stars format to Spain via public…
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Paramount TV appoints Flynn as int’l strategy chief
Paramount Television has named David Flynn executive vice president of international strategy, a new role…
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Apple orders thriller drama from Sixth Sense director
Apple has ordered its latest original by Sixth Sense writer and director M. Night Shyamalan….
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Britbox hits 250,000 US subs & eyes int’l expansion
Britbox, the SVOD service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and AMC Networks, claims to have gained…
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Netflix expecting 700 originals by year-end
Pay streaming giant Netflix expects its US$8 billion content investment in 2018 to result in…
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BT will not invest in drama, says CEO
BT will not go down the route followed by Telefonica and some other telecom players…
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Fleabag duo & eOne pair for rom-com series
Phoebe Waller-Bridge (pictured) and Vicky Jones, the duo behind UK hit show Fleabag, are developing…
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First ever Bell/CTV format deal secured through Sony in UK
A deal that will see Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shopping Canadian format The Launch internationally…
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Amazon adapts space opera novel Consider Phlebas
Amazon Prime Video is set to adapt Iain M. Banks (pictured) novel Consider Phlebas with…
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Epix picks Heyday’s Cotton to replace ex-originals chief Diaz
Nancy Cotton is leaving Heyday Television to become executive VP of original programming at US…
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Amazon to spin The Remix from Global Agency
Amazon Prime Video has picked up an Indian version of music reality show The Remix…
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BBC sets up new Office in India
BBC mockumentary sitcom The Office is to be remade in India. Aditya Birla Group’s Applause Entertainment has…
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South Korea set to adapt BBC drama Luther
At BBC’s annual Showcase event, South Korean broadcaster MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) will be making…
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David Attenborough to present BBC landmark series Dynasty
The BBC is set to launch its next landmark wildlife series Dynasty, fronted by seasoned…
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Walter Presents, HBO Europe invest in Bad Banks
Channel 4’s Walter Presents and HBO Europe are among the latest networks to pick up…
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Game of Thrones producer creates prodco with Beta & ZDF
Germany’s Beta Film and ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) have joined forces with Game of Thrones producer…
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Amazon confirms Tambor’s Transparent exit
Amazon Studios has finalised its investigation into Transparent’s Jeffrey Tambor after sexual harassment complaints, dropping…
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RTL Belgium launches Check digital platform
RTL Belgium has launched a new digital platform dedicated to pop culture called Check. The…
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HBO & Turner line up first copro drama in Europe
HBO Europe is to partner with Turner’s TNT Serie for its first international co-production Hackerville,…
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Netflix picks up Marie Kondo series on ‘the magic of tidying up’
Netflix has ordered an unscripted series with author and home organisation guru Marie Kondo (pictured),…
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Netflix stubs out weed comedy Disjointed
Netflix has axed marijuana store comedy Disjointed after one season on the platform. The multi-camera…
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Aalderink and Lubbers band with MGM in Euro formats push
US studio MGM has set up a Dutch-based formats development operations with European programming execs…
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Ryan Murphy exits Fox for exclusive $300m Netflix deal
Netflix has pulled off perhaps its biggest production coup to date by prising US super-producer…
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Amazon Prime brings in first French original
Amazon Prime Video is teaming up with Newen (through its Telfrance subsidiary), Bavaria Fiction and…
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BBC explores The Awkward Age with Downton Abbey drama prodco
UK pubcaster the BBC has put a drama from Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films that’s…
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Netflix signs Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf for talk show
Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf has landed her own weekly Netflix half-hour talk show, set to…
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NRK prepares for big-budget Atlantic Crossing with Beta & Cinenord
Norwegian producer Cinenord and Germany’s Beta Films will partner to produce World War II drama…